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The importance of a room with a view for older people with limited mobility

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Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, Volume: 19, Issue: 4

Swansea University Author: Charles Musselwhite Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1108/QAOA-01-2018-0003

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to examine how older people who are almost entirely housebound use a view from their window to make sense of the world and stay connected to the outside space that they cannot physically inhabit.Design/methodology/approachSemi-structured interviews with 42 individ...

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Published in: Quality in Ageing and Older Adults
ISSN: 1471-7794
Published: 2018
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